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Thursday, October 8, 1936
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The Headlines
SOVIET THREATENS TO HELP MADRID UNLESS 3 POWERS CEASE AIDING THE REBELS; ISSUES FORMAL WARNING Note to Non-Intervention Board Accuses Reich, Italy and Portugal. BRITISH DISMAYED BY IT Fear European Split Into Two Camps -- Berlin and Rome Deny the Charges. REBELS SPEED ADVANCE They Push Nearer to Madrid but Are Harassed in Rear -Loyalists Bomb Cadiz. Moscow Sends 'Ultimatum' SOVIET THREATENS TO ASSIST MADRID
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
- Frank Herbert (1920)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)
- Zog I (1895)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Voice Recorder, Helicopter (Focke-Wulf) & Sunscreen.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,747 days ago
(89 years, 262 days)